Category Archives: Sports
Italy fails to qualify for World Cup after draw with Sweden
MILAN - Four-time champion Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in six decades after losing its playoff to Sweden 1-0 on aggregate. They played to a goalless draw in the second...
Nov 13, 2017
No clear favourite in CFL West final between league-leading Stamps, surging Esks
CALGARY - Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson seems as curious as anyone to find out which team is going to be installed as the CFL Western final favourite. Will it be Dickenson’s crew, which f...
Nov 13, 2017
French downhill skier David Poisson dies in training crash at Nakiska
PARIS - French downhill skier David Poisson, a former medallist at the world championships, died on Monday following a training crash in Canada. He was 35. The French Ski Federation said Poisson, who ...
Nov 13, 2017
Rugby Canada parts ways with general manager, restructures front office
Rugby Canada, whose flagship men’s 15s team has been moving backwards in recent times, shook up its structure Monday. The governing body fired its top rugby man in Jim Dixon, its general manager...
Nov 13, 2017
Pending free-agent kicker Medlock weighing all his options after Bombers loss to Esks
WINNIPEG - Kicker Justin Medlock says retirement is one option he’ll consider now that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ season is over. Another surprise as the players cleaned out their lockers ...
Nov 13, 2017
Former women's hockey rivals Ouellette, Chu announce birth of daughter
MONTREAL - Two former opponents in the biggest rivalry in women’s hockey are now proud parents. Caroline Ouellette, Canada’s captain at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, and Julie Chu, who c...
Nov 13, 2017
Braves hire former Dodgers, Blue Jays exec Anthopoulos as GM
ATLANTA - The remake of the Atlanta Braves’ management was completed Monday when Alex Anthopoulos was named general manager and John Hart was removed as team president. Anthopoulos, a former Dod...
Nov 13, 2017
Ex-tennis star Jelena Dokic: Father beat and spit at her
SYDNEY, Australia - Former tennis star Jelena Dokic says from a young age her father regularly beat and kicked her. He would pull her hair, spit in her face and belittle her with vile insults. Dokic, ...
Nov 13, 2017
Colin Kaepernick named GQ magazine's citizen of the year
NEW YORK - Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been named GQ’s magazine’s “Citizen of the Year” for his activism. Kaepernick began kneeling instead of standing during t...
Nov 13, 2017
Russia asks for joint doping investigation with WADA
MOSCOW - Russian law enforcement officials have asked the World Anti-Doping Agency to join its investigation into new information about doping cases. WADA said Friday it had obtained a database of all...
Nov 13, 2017
